Election monitors claim that some private companies in Colombo have failed to authorize leave for their employees to cast their vote at the General Elections today and a complaint to this effect is going to be lodged at the Elections Department.

Alleged supporters of former Minister of Resettlement and UPFA candidate Rishard Badiudeen are harassing private bus owners transporting Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) to the polling stations in the Vanni District

There are moves to mislead the police by claiming that there was violence in some places and investigations to nab these rumour mongers are underway, DIG Elections, Gamini Navaratne told Daily Mirror online.

President Mahinda Rajapapksa cast his vote in the 2010 General Election at the Medamulana D.A Rajapaksa Maha Vidyalaya in his hometown of Hambantota a short while ago, a spokesman at the President’s office said

The Sri Lankan government says Australia could become a breeding ground for Tamil separatism if more Tamil asylum seekers are allowed into the country. Sri Lanka says Tigers have no need to leave Sri Lanka and will "spoil" Australian soi

Voting in the 2010 General Election to elect 225 members to Parliament is now underway and ends at 4 this evening. Tight security is in place for the polls with the three forces assisting the police to ensure a peaceful poll

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it is disappointed that the cash grant for IDP returnees in Northern Sri Lanka had to be suspended owing to a lack of funds. The grant consists of a payment which is made to each returning family

A chest physician attached to the chest clinic of the Colombo National hospital today checked the health condition of General Sarath Fonseka who is under military detention and reconfirmed that he was in good health contrary to claims by his wife

A group of monks who were arrested in Fort this week while staging a hunger strike in support of General Sarath Fonseka, lodged a complaint at the Human Rights Commission in Colombo today against the police over the arrest

Over 100 suspects being held at a welfare centre in Jaffna were released by the authorities today. Of the 106 suspects released 41 were university students. The welfare centre housed people from Jaffna taken in on suspicion or detained f

The Welikada Magistrate, hearing a case today, noted that except for two candidates all the others have violated election regulations. The Magistrate said this when the police attempted to frame charges against a polling booth agent of General Fonsek

Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya cast his vote for the General Elections in Matara today, a day before the actual polls, after obtaining special permission from the Elections Commissioner as he will be out of the country for the IPL cricket tou

The Director of the Solis business establishment who was arrested over his alleged connection with Dhanuna Tillakaratna, son in law of General Sarath Fonseka, was further remanded by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate today

A key road which remained closed in Jaffna for nearly 15 years owing to security reasons as a result of the war was reopened for traffic this morning easing the flow of vehicles to the Jaffna town. The ‘Power house road’ was earlier

The election of a Bishop for the Diocese of Kurunegala has run into a legal battle with a case being filed in the District Court of Kandy claiming that certain procedures have not been adopted for the election of a Bishop for Kurunegala.

Two Sri Lankans have been stabbed to death in Italy by another Sri Lankan who had admitted to the crime saying it was over a personal feud, the Foreign Ministry in Sri Lanka said adding that the suspect has now been arrested.

Covert intelligence operations, strong ties and good international relations with other countries helped Sri Lanka arrest the former chief LTTE arms procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa said. Video

IGP Mahinda Balasuriya said that troublemakers at polling booths and counting stations will be severely dealt with the assistance of the three armed forces and the Special Task Force. Each police station will have additional security personnel

A school bus toppled into a canal in Rajanganaya, Anuradhapura this morning, injuring 34 students of which 13 are said to be in serious condition and were transferred to the Anuradhapura Hospital.

The government has declared Friday a special Public and Bank holiday; the government information department quoted the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration D. Dissanayaka as saying. The holiday comes a day after the General Eelctions

The State of Emergency was extended by another month in parliament a short while ago with 58 voting for and five against. The JVP and TNA voted against while the UNP members were absent.

The Slave Island police was ordered by the Courts today to show cause on April 29th as to why they failed to appear in Court today following a Court order to that effect. The case was over the arrest of a group of monks in Fort yesterday

Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickramasingha criticized Speaker W.J.M Lokubandara in Parliament this morning for failing to respond to letters sent by him on two new UNP members who were to take oaths today.

Sri Lanka slammed the US saying it has blood on its hands after a shocking video showed a US aircraft firing indiscriminately towards civilians in Iraq killing atleast 25 of them including two journalists. The slaying took place near Baghdad.

The Court Martial hearing scheduled for this morning into General Sarath Fonseka who is in military custody has been postponed for next month following a Court of Appeal order. According to the lawyer the hearing will now be held on 5th May

A Sri Lankan man in Dubai was sentenced to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of his lover's husband. Life imprisonment carries a jail term of 25 years, according to UAE law. The murder occurred in the Al Jafiliya area in June

The US has agreed to take 28 Sri Lankan Tamils from the 78 refugees rescued by the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking in October. The remaining Tamil refugees are to be sent to New Zealand, Canada, Australia and Norway.

A provincial correspondent lodged a complaint with the Ampara police today claiming he was threatened over the phone by the former Director of the Civil Defence Force Rear Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekera…AUDIO

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that agreements signed by the UNP regime with some international airlines had hampered the expansion of Sri Lanka’s national carrier, Sri Lankan airlines

A chest specialist from the Colombo National Hospital who has examined General Sarath Fonseka today has in a report said that the detained General is ‘fit’ and all allegations against his health are false